2014 Archive: The Oscar Selfie
Why did Ellen DeGeneres crash Twitter in 2014? Because she managed to fit Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt, and Jennifer Lawrence into one frame, proving that… Read More »2014 Archive: The Oscar Selfie
2012 Vintage: The Best Animated Short
Why did The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore win? Because the Academy loves books, especially when they can fly away and you don’t… Read More »2012 Vintage: The Best Animated Short
2012 Archive: The Assassin’s Creed III Fan
One, but they have to do it during the American Revolution. Part of the 73 Light Bulb Jokes: 2012 – The Mayan Countdown archive. Historically… Read More »2012 Archive: The Assassin’s Creed III Fan
2012 Legacy: The Final 2012 Joke
Why did the manager bring a “Mayan Calendar” to the Christmas party? To show everyone that “Even the world has a deadline, so why can’t… Read More »2012 Legacy: The Final 2012 Joke
2012 Legacy: The Hunger Games Movie
Why were we “volunteering as tribute”? Because Jennifer Lawrence made archery cool again and taught us that a braid and a whistle can start a… Read More »2012 Legacy: The Hunger Games Movie
2011 Archive: The Launch of WeChat
Why was the “Green Bubble” taking over? Because in China, Tencent launched an app that would eventually do everything from paying for groceries to booking… Read More »2011 Archive: The Launch of WeChat
2010 Archive: The Cellular Waistband Defense
Keeping a thin modern flip-phone locked inside a massive, heavy-duty leather pouch clipped tightly to a braided leather belt next to a bottle of prescription… Read More »2010 Archive: The Cellular Waistband Defense
2009 Legacy: The Sherlock Holmes MMA
Why was he so buff? Because Robert Downey Jr. decided that solving mysteries wasn’t enough—Sherlock also needed to be a master of slow-motion cage fighting.… Read More »2009 Legacy: The Sherlock Holmes MMA
2009 Classic: The Great Recession (Recovery?)
Why was the mood “cautiously optimistic”? Because the market was finally bouncing back, and “frugal” was still the most popular seasoning for the 2009 bird.… Read More »2009 Classic: The Great Recession (Recovery?)
2008 Vintage: The Grocery Scanner Audit
Standing exactly half an inch away from the automated supermarket cash register screen to ensure the computer program properly applied a fifteen-cent coupon for fiber… Read More »2008 Vintage: The Grocery Scanner Audit